周五，日本冲绳县议会呼吁对《美日驻军协定》进行“根本性重新审议”，起因是一名美国海军陆战队员被指控犯下抢劫杀人罪。
Japan’s Okinawa prefectural assembly called Friday for a “fundamental review” of the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement after a US Marine was accused in a robbery-murder case.
20岁的德文·雅各布·巴拉德是一名海军陆战队员，隶属于驻扎在宜野湾市普天间海军陆战队航空站的第三远征军。据称，周六他在冲绳县首府那霸市的一家酒店内杀害了39岁的八木安娜。此案引发日本全国范围的抗议与愤慨。
Japan saw protests and widespread outrage after Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan City, was suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the prefectural capital of Naha on Saturday. The prefectural assembly called for a review of the agreement as Okinawa hosts roughly half of the 50,000 US troops stationed in Japan.
目前冲绳县驻扎着约5万名驻日美军，占全日本美军总数的近一半。县议会因此提出重新审议该协定。据共同社报道，议会通过的抗议决议要求美军对坚称自己无罪的巴拉德采取惩处措施，“以防类似事件再次发生”。此外，议会还向日本政府发表了内容相似的声明。两份文件均呼吁对《美日驻军协定》进行根本性修订。
The protest resolution adopted by the assembly called on the US military to take action against Ballard, who has denied any wrongdoing, “to prevent a recurrence,” Kyodo News Agency reported. It added that the assembly also adopted a statement to the “same effect addressed to the Japanese government.”“Both documents also call for a fundamental review of the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement,” said the report.
巴拉德已于周日被捕并移交检方。此次事件在1945年至1972年间曾由美国管辖的冲绳县以及东京都引发了大规模抗议活动，民众纷纷要求严惩涉案人员。
Ballard was arrested Sunday and has been sent to prosecutors. The incident triggered protests in Okinawa, formerly under US control from 1945 to 1972, as well as in Tokyo where people sought action against the accused.
日本首相高市早苗对此事表示谴责，日本政府已召见美国大使及驻冲绳美军指挥官提出严正抗议。驻冲绳美军自周三起暂停一切军事行动48小时，并宣布从周五起实施为期30天的宵禁。
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has decried the incident, with Tokyo summoning the US ambassador as well as the US forces commander in Okinawa and lodging protests. The US military in the prefecture imposed a pause in operations for 48 hours since Wednesday and announced a curfew for the next 30 days beginning Friday.
此前，每当美军士兵性侵案件曝光时，冲绳县也常爆发抗议活动。报道指出：“过去美军人员犯下的包括性侵妇女与女童在内的罪行，一直令冲绳民众愤慨不已。”
Okinawa has also seen protests in the past after cases of sexual assault by US soldiers came to light. “Past crimes involving US military personnel, including those against women and girls, have angered residents of Okinawa,” the report said.